Yes, Mr Shashi Tharoor says in a interview to The Economic Times.
“You have always been apolitical in your views. What made you join hands with the Indian National Congress?
In a parliamentary system, political parties matter. Parties decide who should form the government which, in turn, decides the course of the entire nation. When I was making early decisions (to enter politics), I looked for values and wondered how I could make a contribution towards liberalism and social democracy.
In the end, there was no doubt, it had to be Congress. There is very little scope in our system to stay independent and contest polls. Of the three national parties, the Left sadly is a prisoner of 19th century ideologies; it’s not a party to initiate progress and development…”
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I have been waiting for long to see how you weave your intellectual positions into a web of discourse. Why are you limiting your blog to smallish commentaries on what others are thinking or writing? Looking forward to forms and structures of how you create your critique.
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